Seismic velocity, anisotropy, and fluid pressure in the Barbados accretionary wedge from an offset vertical seismic profile with seabed sources

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Hayward, Nathan ^a   Westbrook, Graham K ^a   Peacock, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Pore fluid pressure; Porosity; Seismic velocity; Subduction zone accretionary complex

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES;

EID: 1642367461     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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